Jose Graziano da Silva

José Graziano da Silva has been director general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations since 2012, having served as head of the regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean since 2006. An agronomist and academic, in 2001 he led the team that designed Brazil’s Zero Hunger (Fome Zero) programme. In 2003, he took charge of its implementation as special minister of food security and the fight against hunger.